Distribution

Access FS launches internal referral scheme

Access Financial Services is launching Access All Areas, a new internal referral programme. The brokerage is...

Norton Home Loans partners extends access to specialist solutions

Norton Home Loans has partnered with broker London & Country (L&C) Mortgages to widen...

Chetwood Bank brands join Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) lender panel

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has partnered with Chetwood Bank. From now, members of the the...

Connells Group reports solid financial performance for 2024

Connells Group has reported profits before tax exceeding £60 million for 2024, marking a...

Market Financial Solutions joins Next Intelligence panel

Market Financial Solutions has become the latest provider to join Next Intelligence’s lender panel. Market...

Outgoing AMI boss takes parting shot at lenders

Robert Sinclair, the former chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has...

ModaMortgages joins Right Mortgage panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added specialist buy-to-let provider, ModaMortgages, to its...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) expands lender panel

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has announced the addition of Redwood Bank to its lender...

Connect IFA revamps leadership team

Connect IFA has made major leadership appointments as it ramps up its growth plans...

Loughborough Building Society partners with Finance Advice Club

Loughborough Building Society is expanding its intermediary distribution with its new partnership with Finance...

Perenna in Brilliant partnership

Perenna has established a new partnership with distributor/packager Brilliant Solutions. The arrangement expands its broker...

Together welcomes new distributor partners and national account manager

Together has announced two new partnerships with New Leaf and Brilliant Solutions. The pair are...

Paradigm unveils adviser mental health & wellbeing hub

Paradigm has introduced a new Mental Health and Wellbeing hub for advisers and firms. The...

New advisers for Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA)

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the mortgage, protection and financial planning network, has welcomed a...

COMMENT

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Latest news

Click2Check adds ID verification to adviser compliance platform

Click2Check has added an identity verification service to its digital compliance platform, aimed at...

Atom points to growing near-prime hurdle for first-time buyers

First-time buyers with thin credit files or minor historic credit issues are becoming a...

Landlords move to regain possession before Renters’ Rights Act changes

Landlords stepped up possession activity in March as the 1 May implementation of the...

The Marsden appoints chief customer officer

Marsden Building Society has appointed Julia Brook as chief customer officer. Brook (pictured) will be...

PROFILES